March 03, 2015, 8:37AM

The Pelham City Council on Monday night unanimously approved the appointment of Larry Palmer as the municipality's new police chief. Mayor Gary Waters in an interview after the meeting said the city did not advertise the position's vacancy created by longtime Chief Tommy Thomas' resignation earlier this year. Waters said the replacement process was handled internally within the police... Full story »

March 03, 2015, 8:31AM

The National Weather Service forecast office in Huntsville has adjusted the anticipated arrival of the storm, pushing it back from Wednesday afternoon to Wednesday night and continuing into Thursday morning. Full story »

March 03, 2015, 7:13AM

Lawyers for an Alabama woman are asking a judge to end the secrecy surrounding jury selection in the trial of an Alabama woman charged in her granddaughter's running death. Attorneys for Joyce Hardin Garrard say barring the public from court during the questioning of prospective jurors is unconstitutional. The defense filed a motion late Monday asking Etowah County Circuit... Full story »

March 03, 2015, 7:04AM

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) is in the process of possibly banning certain types of ammo for the popular AR-15 sporting rifle. The AR family of sporting rifles have been dubbed by many as "America's Gun". The BATFE released a document in mid-February that it is working on a "framework" for determining whether certain... Full story »

March 03, 2015, 6:17AM

And you should care because the session will be more than just dry legislative bills and page after page of mind-numbing budget numbers. It will be about what kind of government do you want and the kind of people leading it? Full story »

March 03, 2015, 6:12AM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. EST. "This means that very few working Americans will be able to watch the speech live; they will all be at work. Having Netanyahu speak to Congress at 10:45 east coast time, however, means that he will be on the air in Israel during prime viewing time, starting... Full story »

March 03, 2015, 5:48AM

Alabama lawmakers are beginning the 2015 legislative session with a grim budget outlook and a push by Gov. Robert Bentley to raise cigarette and other taxes. Legislators will begin the session at noon Tuesday. Bentley will make the case for his tax plan in his State of the State address Tuesday evening. An anticipated shortfall in the state General... Full story »

March 03, 2015, 5:42AM

Citing concerns about the drug to be used in a lethal injection, corrections officials in Georgia postponed the execution of the state's only female death row inmate for the second time in a week. The execution drug was sent to an independent lab to check its potency and the test came back at an acceptable level, but during subsequent checks... Full story »